Soccer recaps: Aug. 17
Around the SWAC
North Alabama 5, Alabama State 1
The Citadel 5, Mississippi Valley State 2
Tennessee-Chattanooga 3, Alabama A&M 0
Lamar 5, Grambling State 0
UT-Rio Grande Valley 4, Texas Southern 1
Southeastern Louisiana State at Jackson, ppd (lightning/rain)
Cleveland State 2, Howard 1 (OT)
Match of the Day
McNeese State 1, Prairie View A&M 0
Prairie View, TX – Freshman Quinn Josiah had the busiest night of any goalkeeper in the conference by making 20 saves in full time of her debut as the Lady Panthers fought hard against the Cowgirls, who represent the Southland Conference in each squad’s regular season opener on Friday night.
Quick Hits
- Alabama State junior forward Birgit Rijnders, a transfer from Upper Iowa University, scored in her debut match for the Lady Hornets on an assist from Kayla Tillman
- Mississippi Valley State’s Laadi Issaka tied the Devilettes match with The Citadel 2-2 during the 34th minute. Issaka now has 38 goals scored since the start of the 2015 season.
- Alabama A&M goalkeeper Jodi Medina made four saves and played all 90 minutes.
- Grambling State is 1-2-1 all-time against Lamar in the series
- Texas Southern junior Kayla Smith got on the board for the Lady Tigers with a goal in the 30th minute off a penalty kick
- Jackson State has not set a rescheduled date in their match against Southeastern Louisiana State as the match was postponed due to lightning and rain in Jackson, Miss.
- Howard’s Jasmin Miller gave the Lady Bison an early lead on the road at Cleveland State in the 54th minute on a feed from Jordan Taylor.